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Article: The uncertainty of Goblin Market.
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- Victorian Poetry
- Article date:
- December 22, 2007
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Some of the most persuasive recent readings of Goblin Market have been those which renew that critical tradition in which this poem--in which Christina Rossetti's work as a whole--is to be understood ultimately in religious terms. Such readings have often incorporated insights from critics who have focused on gender or on sexuality; but, at their strongest, they have been sure enough of their ground to know where they are irreconcilable with readings which have a primarily secular focus. It seems that there does come a point at which not every explanation of what happens in Goblin Market can be defensible. (1)
This essay subscribes to the position that readings of ...
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